2025 Awards Day @St Andrew's Cathedral School
AWARDS DAY SOLD OUT EARLY!
WOW! Thank you, KOALA Community, for your enthusiasm around attendance at awards day this year.
By 5pm Friday September 12th the last remaining seats for the KOALA Awards day sold out.
It’s great to see such an interest in the awards by our participating schools. Sadly this means we can not take any more orders for KOALA Awards tickets.
Schools who have already paid for their tickets will be notified of their successful attendance for the day via our KOALA email.
We are sorry for those who have missed out this year, but we look forward to hosting you next year!
However, you can stay tuned for the recording of the event after the day to share with your KOALA kids!
Awards Day 2025 - Book your seats now!
Where: St Andrew's Cathedral School (it's right at Town Hall train station!)
When: November 13, 2025
Bring up to 30 students!
Students will have the opportunity to hear the winners and honour books, meet the authors and illustrators, buy books and collect signatures!
Tickets are just $5 per student and accompanying teachers are free.
Book now to secure your tickets for a memorable day.
Awards Day 2025
AWARDS DAY @William Clarke College
Awards Day 2024 - Save the date!
The 2024 Shortlist is out, you should all be busy reading some great books and thinking about which ones you are going to vote for. Don’t forget to save the date to join us for our 2024 Awards Day.
Tuesday 12 November, 2024
William Clarke College, Kellyville
We can’t wait to celebrate fabulous Australian authors, illustrators, and books with you all, and find out the winners of the 2024 K.O.A.L.As.
2023 Awards Day Videos
What a fabulous event! 350 kids (K- Year 8), eleven schools and a spectacular line up of guest authors and illustrators.
Share these videos of the live event and announcements with your students:
‘Lift Off’ play - a clever intertwining of the ten shortlisted picture book characters performed by PLC Sydney students and written by David Holmsen
‘Lights Camera Action Crew Newsreel (PLC Sydney)
2023 Awards Day - Raffle Winners
Raffle Winners drawn by 2023 KOALA Legend - Jules Faber
Attending school member winner - Croydon Public School won Matt Cosgrove’s ‘Macca the Alpaca’ artwork created live on the day.
Non-attending school member winner - Merewether Public School won the box of new books generously donated by the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation.
Awards Day 2023 Announcement
Is there anything better than celebrating amazing Australian books for kids, with a bunch of excited kids, authors, and illustrators?! Of course not!
We are so excited to be holding our 2023 Awards Day at PLC Sydney, and you are invited. It’s a great location, adjacent to Croydon Railway Station, with incredible guests, and loads of fun to be had.
So save the date, and look out for more details for members in your inbox soon.
Not a member? It’s not too late to join in the fun. Join up here.
Awards Day 2023
Save the date!
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023.
Awards Day at SHORE 2022
Awards Day 2022
Awards Day on the 25th October is huge!
Everyone is so keen to be back and able to reconnect that the guest list is incredible.
It is a day not to be missed, so book your seats now. contact@koalansw.org.au
Can’t make it on the day? We are recording the ceremony and will share an online audience friendly version for your students to celebrate at school (or home).
Got questions? Email us contact@koalansw.org.au because we have the answers! The only exception is the guest list at awards day. That's a surprise... no spoilers.
Take care K.O.A.L.A. friends and we hope to see you soon.
2022 Awards Day - Save the date!
We’re thrilled to be busily planning our 2022 Awards Day, which will be held IN PERSON again this year!
Shore Preparatory School 3-6 will be hosting the Awards Day, bringing together children and their favourite Australian children’s book creators. So save the date and look out for more details coming soon, so that you can bring your students along to celebrate!
2021 Awards Day Wrap Up
The 2021 KOALA Awards Day was streamed live on Thursday 4 November. Don’t worry if you missed it, you can catch up by watching the recording here.
Aaron Blabey, Andy Lee, Jacqueline Harvey and Andy Griffiths were some of the authors who participated in the 2021 Awards Day virtual ceremony.
Hear from the winners of the 2021 KOALA Awards, listen to the hilarious stories created on-the-spot by groups of Australian authors and illustrators, and share in the fun!
Can’t wait until the 2022 KOALA Awards Day!
2021 Awards Day
Just over a week to go! Will your favourites win?
Join us virtually to celebrate this year's K.O.A.L.A. shortlisted books, their creators and the children of NSW’s choices! View the live ceremony via Facebook @KoalaAwards and the KOALA NSW YouTube channel (link will be shared soon). On demand available from 11am.
2020 Awards Day
Awards Day Video On Demand - re-watch your favourite segments. School introductions, author and illustrator announcements, acceptance speeches and special awards.
Watch awards day guest illustrator, Dub Leffler, create his stunning artwork; generously donated to the members’ draw.
2020 Awards Ceremony: This Year with a Difference!
This year, we are rethinking our plans for Awards Day in Term 4. Like many other groups, we are planning an online celebration. Make sure to mark Tuesday November 10th in your diary!
The KOALA committee has been hard at work contacting authors and illustrators for our online KOALA Awards Day celebration. We know you are going to be excited to see your favourites so we want to keep it a surprise. Did you ask a question for an author or illustrator at the end of the online voting? It could be included too!
Maybe you are a little sad that you can’t physically attend KOALA Awards Day 2020. We are, too. But you might like to help make the day festive as you tune in to watch on the day or at another time more suited to your school. Here are some ideas:
Usually only 20 students from each school can attend Awards Day. This year, because it’s an online event, your entire school could join in! You could view it in the school hall and/or individual classrooms for everyone to share in the excitement.
Students could make KOALA crowns/headbands to wear to the event
Bunting could be hung to make the place for the Awards viewing more festive - perhaps it could say KOALA DAY AWARDS
If your school would normally be buying tickets to attend Awards Day, perhaps you would be in a position to fundraise on the day. You may like to sponsor a koala or another animal, or support a community group that could use a boost, or buy some new books for your library.
Some ideas for appropriate ways to fundraise:
- Sell Caramello Koalas. Koalas, that's right!
- Sell bookmarks - perhaps colour-your-own or themed
- Have a gold coin mufti day. Or a pyjama day - who doesn’t love snuggling up with a good book in bed?
Whatever way you decide to be part of KOALA Awards Day we look forward to having you with us.
Please stay tuned for more details about the day in Term 4.
2019 Awards Day
The KOALA 2019 Awards Day celebrations were held on Wednesday 13th November at Our Lady Of Assumption Catholic Primary School in North Strathfield, Sydney. Congratulations to the winners and honour books.
2018 Awards Day
A fabulous day at Cranbrook Junior School on Thursday 8th November 2018.
